Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)
Coimbatore is a Lok Sabha constituency in western Tamil Nadu, India. It is the largest city of the Kongu Nadu region of Tamil Nadu and the district headquarters of the Coimbatore district.
Assembly segments
Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:
Before delimitation in 2009, it consisted of the following constituencies: Singanallur, Coimbatore West, Coimbatore East, Perur, Palladam and Tiruppur.[1]
Members of the Parliament
| Lok Sabha | Duration | Winner | Party | Result | Victory Margin | 1st Runner | Opp.Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1952 | T. A. Ramalingam Chettiar | INC | Won | n/a | Returned Uncontested | n/a | ||
| 1 | 1952-57 | N. M. Lingam | INC | Won | 41,327 | Parvathi Krishnan | CPI | Bye-election following the demise of T. A. Ramalingam Chettiar | |
| 2 | 1957-62 | Parvathi Krishnan | CPI | Won | 15012 | P. S. Rangaswamy | INC | ||
| 3 | 1962-67 | P. R. Ramakrishnan | INC | Won | 42,561 | Parvathi Krishnan | CPI | Closely contested 3 party election with G.K.Sundaram of Swatantra Party coming as second runner | |
| 4 | 1967-71 | K. Ramani | CPM | Won | 65,921 | N. Mahalingam | INC | ||
| 5 | 1971-73 | K. Baladhandayutham | CPI | Won | 77,053 | Ramaswamy | NCO | Closely contested 3 party election with K. Ramani of CPM coming as second runner | |
| 5 | 1974-77 | Parvathi Krishnan | CPI | Won | n/a | n/a | n/a | Bye-election | |
| 6 | 1977-78 | Parvathi Krishnan | CPI | Won | 21,178 | S. V. Lakshmanan | NCO | ||
| 7 | 1980-84 | Era Mohan | DMK | Won | 56,109 | Parvathi Krishnan | CPI | ||
| 8 | 1984-89 | C. K. Kuppuswamy | INC | Won | 1.02.519 | R. Umanath | CPM | ||
| 9 | 1989-91 | C. K. Kuppuswamy | INC | Won | 1.40.068 | R. Umanath | CPM | ||
| 10 | 1991-96 | C. K. Kuppuswamy | INC | Won | 1.86.064 | K. Ramani | CPM | . | |
| 11 | 1996-98 | M. Ramanathan | DMK | Won | 2,62,787 | C. K. Kuppuswamy | INC | ||
| 12 | 1998-99 | C. P. Radhakrishnan | BJP | Won | 1,44,676 | K. R. Subbaiyan | DMK | ||
| 13 | 1999-04 | C. P. Radhakrishnan | BJP | Won | 54,077 | R. Nallakannu | CPI | ||
| 14 | 2004-09 | K. Subbarayan | CPI | Won | 1,63,151 | C. P. Radhakrishnan | BJP | ||
| 15 | 2009-14 | P. R. Natarajan | CPM | Won | 38,664 | R. Prabhu | INC | ||
| 16 | 2014-Incumbent | P. Nagarajan | AIADMK | Won | 42,016 | C. P. Radhakrishnan | BJP | . | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | P. R. Natarajan | 293,165 | 25.19 | n/a | |
| INC | R. Prabhu | 254,501 | 21.87 | n/a | |
| KNMK | E. R. Eswaran | 128,070 | 21.87 | n/a | |
| DMDK | R. Pandian | 73,188 | 6.29 | n/a | |
| BJP | G. K. S. Selvakumar | 37,909 | 3.26 | n/a | |
| Majority | 38,664 | 3.32 | |||
| Turnout | 797,8125 | 68.55 | n/a | ||
| CPI gain from INC | Swing | vvv | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | P. Nagarajan | 4,31,717 | 36.69 | ||
| BJP | C. P. Radhakrishnan | 3,89,701 | 33.12 | ||
| DMK | K. Ganesh Kumar | 2,17,083 | 18.45 | ||
| INC | R. Prabhu | 56,962 | 4.84 | ||
| CPI(M) | P. R. Natarajan | 34,197 | 2.91 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 17,428 | 1.48 | ||
| Majority | 42,016 | 3.57 | |||
| Turnout | 11,76,620 | 68.40 | |||
| AIADMK gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
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